Bible Interpretation, Student Workbook, SW05

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B I B L E I N T E R P R E T A T I O N

2. Convenience: commentary on critical texts are usually in the footnotes or appendices of the translation itself.

3. Caution: the view contained within study Bibles express the commentator’s own understanding of the text and theological commitments.

4. Examples

a. Harper Study Bible, New American Standard Bible . (Grand Rapids: Zondervan) (These can be obtained usually in various translations.)

b. Oxford Study Bible, Revised English Bible . (New York: Oxford University Press)

C. Guides to biblical imagery

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1. Definition: these tools help the biblical interpreter determine how the Bible develops certain images, symbols, and motifs, usually in both Old and New Testaments , with an eye toward literary convention and spiritual application.

2. These tools are invaluable in understanding the message of the Bible in the form and idiom of the biblical authors (i.e., the world of the ancient east is a world filled with imagery, symbol, metaphor, and storytelling).

3. Recommended guides to biblical imagery

a. Dictionary of Biblical Imagery , Leland Ryken and others. (InterVarsity Press, 1998)